Return of the Killer Tomatoes

Return of the Killer Tomatoes was the first sequel to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Set ten years after the events of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (referred to as the Great Tomato War in the movie), the basic plotline is that the misanthropic villan, Doctor Mortimer Gangreen, has created a serum by which he can turn 'ordinary' Killer Tomatoes into humans. With these, he plans to conquer the world. Though the veterans of the Great Tomato War have something to say about that...

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This film marks the appearance of FT, the Friendly/Fuzzy (depending on who you ask) Tomato. Other notable characters are Chad Finletter, nephew of Wilbur Finletter (the main character of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes) and his girlfriend Tara, who is actually a female Killer Tomato turned into a hot girl by the serum. Tara turns back into a tomato when she hears the opening musical notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, however the musical notes of the theme to "Gone With The Wind" restores her to human form.

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The characters and timeline of this film were recycled for the ' (with some changes, such as Dr Gangreen's first name being changed to Putrid and Tara having an 'allergy' to salt which changes her back into a tomato with pepper changing her back to human form).

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Return of the Killer Tomatoes! also has the distinction of being George Clooney's first movie.

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